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National Meat Association, 220
National Restaurant Association (NRA), 73, 85, 238, 275n
National Safe Workplace Institute, 85
National School Lunch Program, 218–21, 263
Nation’s Restaurant News, 73, 87–88
Natural flavor, 120–21, 126, 127, 128
Nazis, 38–39, 226, 282n
NBA, 50
NBC News, 218
NCAA, 48
Nebraska’s Center for Rural Affairs, 138
Netherlands, 231, 243, 263
Nevada Gaming Control Board, 235–36
New York City, 16, 24–25
New York Times, 54
New York Tribune, 150
Nicholson, Sidney, 248
Nickelodeon, 46, 48, 231
Nike, 43, 267–68
Nixon, Pat, 32
Nixon, Richard, 8, 25, 32, 37, 151
Noebel, David, 65
North, Oliver, 105, 234
North American Aerospace Command, 1, 62
North American Aviation, 19
North Carolina, 101, 185
Northern States Beef, 219
Northrup, 19
Norton, Kay, 184
Norton, Tom, 184
Norwalk-like viruses, 196
Norway, 243
Novak, David, 88
NRA. See National Restaurant Association (NRA)
Nugent, Robert, 208, 237–38
Nutra Slim, 229
Oak Brook, Ill., 31
Obedience, of workers, 75
Obesity, 9, 240–43, 261, 324n
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): authority reductions for, 179;
as “consultant” agency, 185–86;
fines levied by, 178, 265;
and National School Lunch Program, 263;
and safety in workplace, 84–85, 183, 262, 265;
and underreporting of injuries, 180, 182;
and “voluntary compliance,” 179–80
Offut Air Force Base, 85
Oil industry, 18, 24
Oligopsony in agriculture, 117–20
Olive Garden, 92
Olympics, 48, 68
Omaha World-Herald, 162, 164
One Hour in Wonderland, 40
Onions, 113
Operations manuals, 69–70
Orange County Register, 63
Ore-Ida, 117
Organized crime, 154–55, 305n. See also Crime
Orr, Kay, 163
Orville Redenbacher, 159
OSHA. See Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
Outback Steakhouse, 78
Overtime wages, 73, 74, 262
Packard, Vance, 43
Packers and Stockyards Act, 144
Packers and Stockyards Administration (P&SA), 137
Packingtown, 155–57, 306n
P&SA (Packers and Stockyards Administration), 137
Papa John’s, 104
Pater, Siegfried, 233
Patterson, Paul, 117
Pentagon, 260
People Serving People, 163
Pepsi, 43, 53, 54
Pepsi GeneratioNext Resource Center, 53
Perestroika, 236
Pertschuk, Michael, 46
Peter Lowe International, 104–5
Peter Lowe’s Success Yearbook, 105, 106
Peterson, Robert L., 163, 180, 183
Peterson Air Force Base, 61–62
PGI (Potato Growers of Idaho), 118
Phil Donahue Show, 32
Philippines, 230
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 202
Piaget, Jean, 44
Pitts, Lee, 138
Pizza, 263–64
Pizza Hut: and anti-U.S. imperialism, 243;
celebrity endorsement of, 237;
corporate-sponsored teaching materials, 56;
in fast food clusters, 60;
in Germany, 233;
and homogenizing of America, 5;
as international, 88;
labor practices, 69, 71;
and Gorbachev, 237;
and NCAA promotions, 48;
and restaurant technology, 71;
and school cafeterias, 56;
and throughput, 69
Plauen, Germany, 225–29, 249–52, 322n
Pokémon, 47
Polygraph testing, 76
Pop Tarts, 124
Popular culture, 9, 17, 48
Pork, 198, 276n
Potato Growers of Idaho (PGI), 118
Potato industry: development of, 112–14;
and frozen french fries, 114–17;
as oligopsony, 117–20;
processing potatoes, 111–12. See also French fries
Poultry industry: and chicken manure, 202–3;
and Chicken McNuggets, 139–40;
and eggs, 264;
and injuries, 186, 310n;
mechanization of poultry plants, 172;
structure of, 140–42
Powell, Colin, 105, 239
Powell, Jody, 208
Preston, Paul, 249
Preventive Medicine, 202
Price fixing, 137, 143, 159, 266
Primakov, Yevgeny, 238–39
Procter & Gamble, 55
Profit margins, 54, 174, 286n, 310n
Propaganda films, 38
Proposition 13 of California, 64
Protecting Youth at Work, 80
Psychology of Selling (Tracy), 105
Pueblo, Colo., Health Department, 193–94
Quebec, 77
Quintillion software, 66
Radio City Rockettes, 234
Railroads, 16
Ralston-Purina, 99–100
Ramirez, Javier, 183
Ramirez, Ruben, 155–57, 183, 306n
Ray A. Kroc Museum, 31–32
Re/Max Real Estate, 229
Reagan, Ronald: and advertising to children, 46;
and business mergers,